Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business

Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business is a 1998 American made-for-television science fiction film directed by Jeff Woolnough and starring Matt Battaglia, Chandra West, Jeff Wincott, Richard McMillan, and Burt Reynolds. It was produced (with Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms) as a miniseries for a potential TV series. Like Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms, none of the actors or crew of the original returned, but all the cast and crew from the first sequel are present. In 1999, a theatrical sequel starring Jean-Claude Van Damme again, Universal Soldier: The Return, ignored the plotline of the two sequels.

Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
Official VHS cover
Genre
  • Action
  • Sci-Fi
Written byPeter M. Lenkov
Directed byJeff Woolnough
StarringMatt Battaglia
Chandra West
Jeff Wincott
Richard McMillan
Burt Reynolds
Music byIvan Doroschuk
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersKevin Gillis
John Laing
ProducerRobert Wertheimer
CinematographyRuss Goozee
EditorRobert K. Sprogis
Running time95 minutes
Production companyCatalyst Entertainment Production
DistributorShowtime Networks
Release
Original networkShowtime
Original release
  • October 24, 1998 (1998-10-24)
Chronology
Preceded byUniversal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms

Plot

Luc Devereaux (Matt Battaglia) is a rejected "UniSol" (a superhuman soldier designed to be the perfect killing machine) and journalist Veronica Roberts (Chandra West) travel to Canada to continue their attempts to expose the Universal Soldier unit. After a hostage situation mistakenly leaves Veronica a fugitive, the two escape the city and go into hiding.

Meanwhile, CIA Deputy Director Mentor (Burt Reynolds) and Dr. Walker (Richard McMillan) are in the process of creating a powerful, UniSol clone of Luc's brother, Eric (Jeff Wincott), to assassinate him and Veronica. The program is under section GR-44.

Deveraux and Roberts flee to Canada, hoping to find a news outlet that will tell their story as section GR-44 is in hot pursuit.

Cast

Production

Made as a TV movie for The Movie Channel. Made in Canada, by the same team that made Universal Soldier II, of which it was shot at the same time. [1]

Release

Home media

Released on DVD with Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms[2]

Reception

Critical response

Creature Feature gave the movie two out of 5 stars.[3] Moira also gave it two stars, finding to be a cheap action movie with minimal science fiction content. TV Guide gave the movie two of five stars, and while it praised the acting of West and Battaglia, it found the villains' uninteresting and Reynolds' performance over the top. [4]

References
  1. http://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/universal-soldier-iii-unfinished-business-1998.htm
  2. https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Soldier-DVD/dp/B00008LE0O/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=universal+soldier+ii&qid=1601386276&sr=8-1
  3. Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature: #rd Edition
  4. Pardi, R. Universal Soldier Review. TV Guide https://www.tvguide.com/movies/universal-soldier-iii-unfinished-business/review/135706/


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